Healthy Living Information Sources

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Note Number: 1Source Type: BookSource: Luscombe, Darryl -Greenpeace "Alternatives to PVC - An Australian Suppliers Guide", as reproduced in appendix of 'Sustainable House' by Michael Mobbs. This book is available at the Cairns Library

Note Number: 2Source Type: BookSource: Forster, Janet. 'How to Build a Chemical-Free House', 1994, Sydney, Kangaroo Press. This book is available at the Cairns Library.

Note Number: 4Source Type: BookSource: Klymenko, P.,'Indoor Air Quality: Selecting Products for Cleaner Air' for the Green Games Watch in 1996 as reproduced in the appendix of 'Sustainable House' by Michael Mobbs.

Note Number: 9Source Type: WebsiteSource: The National Toxics Network (NTN) is a community based network working for pollution reduction, protection of environmental health and environmental justice for all. http://ntn.org.au/

Note Number: 14Source Type: WebsiteSource: GreenFacts is an "a.s.b.l.", a Belgian non-profit organization, created in December 2001 by individuals from different backgrounds, with the aim to make complex scientific consensus reports on health and the environment accessible to non-specialists. http://www.greenfacts.org/

Note Number: 16Source Type: WebsiteSource: The A-Z of materials website. http://www.azom.com and http://www.azobuild.com. The AZoBuild.com website is operated by AZoM.com Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia in partnership with CERAM, Stoke on Trent, UK. The site and platform are based on the highly successful AZo sites, www.azom.com – The A to Z of Materials and www.azonano.com – The A to Z of Nanotechnology.

Note Number: 20Source Type: WebsiteSource: National Toxicology Programme; US Department of Health and Human Services. Produce the RoC (Report on Carcinogens) that is an informational scientific and public health document and discusses agents, substances, mixtures, or exposure circumstances that may pose a hazard to human health by virtue of their carcinogenicity. : http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/htdocs/Liaison/12thRoc69FR28940.pdf

Note Number: 29Source Type: WebsiteSource: Australian Government Dept. of Health and Aging: NICNAS a national notification and assessment scheme to protect the health of the public, workers and the environment from the harmful effects of industrial chemicals and assesses all chemicals new to Australia and assesses those chemicals already used (existing chemicals) on a priority basis, in response to concerns about their safety on health and environmental grounds.

Note Number: 31Source Type: WebsiteSource: The Health and Safety Commission is responsible for health and safety regulation in Great Britain sponsored by the Department of Work and Pensions http://www.hse.gov.uk/radiation/nonionising/

Note Number: 33Source Type: WebsiteSource: Degussa is a company that manufactures cement admixtures and is owned by BASF. The website has its products Material Safety Data Sheets available for download. See http://www.degussacc.com.au/

Note Number: 34Source Type: WebsiteSource: Australian manufacturer of polyethylene's and other plastics www.compco.com.au

Note Number: 35Source Type: WebsiteSource: World Health Organisation Chemical Hazards in Drinking Water is an excellent source of information of the details of chemicals http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/chemicals/en/index.html

Note Number: 36Source Type: WebsiteSource: The Healthy Building Network (HBN) is a US based national network of green building professionals, environmental and health activists, socially responsible investment advocates and others who are interested in promoting healthier building materials as a means of improving public health and preserving the global environment. http://www.healthybuilding.net

Note Number: 37Source Type: WebsiteSource: The use of plastics at CERN with respect to fire safety and radiation. The Organisation Europ?enne pour la Recherche Nucl?aire (English: European Organization for Nuclear Research), commonly known as CERN, is the world's largest particle physics laboratory, situated just west of Geneva - http://lhc-proj-qawg.web.cern.ch/lhc-proj-qawg/CD-ROM/Safety/IS41.pdf

Note Number: 38Source Type: WebsiteSource: Australian Government - National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Drinking Water Guidelines 2004 http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/eh19syn.htm

Note Number: 39Source Type: WebsiteSource: A US based green building website http://oikos.com/library/index.html

Note Number: 40Source Type: WebsiteSource: ASTM International is one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world and a trusted source for technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services. Known for their high technical quality and market relevancy, ASTM International standards have an important role in the information infrastructure that guides design, manufacturing and trade in the global economy. ASTM International, originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), was formed over a century ago. http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/ABOUT/aboutASTM.html?L+mystore+qgvq1451+1150770624

Note Number: 41Source Type: WebsiteSource: The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international network to promote responsible management of the worlds forests. http://www.fsc.org/en/

Note Number: 45Source Type: WebsiteSource: Timber Building in Australia. It is being produced by architects and research staff of the Timber Research Unit of the Department of Architecture at the University of Tasmania as an information service to Australia's architects, engineers and and building professionals. An excellent PDF file for sarking and cladding: http://oak.arch.utas.edu.au/tbia/view_article.asp?articleID=203. An Excellent PDF file on 'R' values and insulation systems is http://oak.arch.utas.edu.au/publications/PDF/R-values%20Part%202%20-%20roof_ceilings%20elements%20Ed%201.1.pdf

Note Number: 55Source Type: WebsiteSource: US Green Building Council: http://www.usgbc.org/This is a is a non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation.

Note Number: 58Source Type: WebsiteSource: GreenPainters http://www.greenpainters.org.au, is the national sustainability initiative for the painting industry. It is a non-profit program providing training, consumer information and skills to promote environmentally preferable coatings technology.